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Malory's Contemporary Audience
The Social Reading of Romance in Late Medieval England
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English
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2006
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New readings of the Morte Darthur place both book and author within the historical and cultural context of fifteenth-century England.
This book seeks to place Malory's Morte Darthur more firmly in its cultural and historical context. Its composition, in the mid to late fifteenth century, took place at a time of great upheaval for England, a period beginning with the loss of Bordeaux (and the Hundred Years War) and ending with the rise of Richard III. During this time the Morte was translated from numerous French sources, copied by scribes, and, finally, in July 1485, printed by William Caxton. The author argues that in this unique production history are reflected the ideological crises which loomed so massively over England's ruling class in the fifteenth century; and that the book is in fact inseparable from these crises.
THOMAS H. CROFTS is Assistant Professor of English at East Tennessee State University
This book seeks to place Malory's Morte Darthur more firmly in its cultural and historical context. Its composition, in the mid to late fifteenth century, took place at a time of great upheaval for England, a period beginning with the loss of Bordeaux (and the Hundred Years War) and ending with the rise of Richard III. During this time the Morte was translated from numerous French sources, copied by scribes, and, finally, in July 1485, printed by William Caxton. The author argues that in this unique production history are reflected the ideological crises which loomed so massively over England's ruling class in the fifteenth century; and that the book is in fact inseparable from these crises.
THOMAS H. CROFTS is Assistant Professor of English at East Tennessee State University
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Contributor: Thomas H. Crofts
THOMAS H. CROFTS is Professor of English at East Tennessee State University, where he also co-directs the Minor in Classical and Medieval Studies.
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Contributor: Thomas H. Crofts
THOMAS H. CROFTS is Professor of English at East Tennessee State University, where he also co-directs the Minor in Classical and Medieval Studies.
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgements
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List of Abbreviations
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Introduction
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1 The Text at Hand
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2 Caxton’s preface: Historia and Argumentum
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3 Malory’s Moral Scribes: ‘Balyn’ in the Winchester Manuscript
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4 Usurpation, Right and Redress in Malory’s Roman War
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5 No Hint of the Future
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Epilogue: Two Gestures of Closure
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Bibliography
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Index
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Keywords for this book
Morte Darthur; fifteenth-century England; historical context; Bordeaux; Hundred Years War; Richard III; William Caxton; ideological crises; ruling class; Thomas H. Crofts; English; East Tennessee State University
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
